Her Bartok might have been more idiomatic had she not refused an audition with "a very celebrated foreign conductor", arranged by Barenboim. Bavouzet, a much finer pianist, if without the same flair for PR, had more sense. Regretably, the conductor died before they could actually perform the Bartok 3 together.

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Jessica Duchen is a music journalist and the author of four novels, two biographies and several stage works. She writes regularly for The Independent and BBC Music Magazine. Her latest novel, Songs of Triumphant Love, is published by Hodder.